Garment receiving bracket or hanger



April 22, 1952 F. R. SMITH 2,594,228

GARMENT RECEIVING BRACKET OR HANGER Filed July 12, 1947 Patented Apr. 22, 1952 GARMEN '1 RECEIVING BRACKET OR HANGER Frank R. Smith, Orange, Tex.

Application July 12, 1947, Serial No. 760,668

3 Claims.

This invention relates to the general class of asserting devices, or it may be termed a garment receiving bracket or hanger, it having been known in its uses as an assembly ring, on which garments to be bundled for a patron of a clothes cleaning establishment may be assembled in association with one or more invoices bearing the name of the customer and the list of the garments collected for bundling, the said invention having a hanger or hook at one end which may be supported on a water pipe or other support and with relation to which a clip for holding a ticket, sales slip or invoice is carried; the said device furthermore having a ring at its lower end for receiving the hooks of coat or garment hangers, the arrangement being such that the clip is in such relation to the ring that the ticket, sales slip or invoice will not cover the face of the ring.

It will be obvious that by using a plurality of devices of this character, the garments of the different patrons may be selectively assembled for bundling, and that when one of the devices is removed from its support, the clothes which are carried thereby may be boxed or wrapped for delivery and that the invoice or bill for the cus--- tomer indicates the amount due for collection.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of the character indicated which is comparatively inexpensive and it can be used in conjunction with any number, within predetermined bounds, of garment hangers whose hooks will be suspended from the ring of the device.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a side elevational view of the assembly ring, showing the invoice slip held by the clip in dot dash lines;

Figure 2 illustrates a front view of the device shown in Fig. 1; and

Figure 3 illustrates a view generally similar to Figure 1, showing the manner in which a coat hanger with a garment thereon is received and supported by the assembly rin In these drawings 5 denotes a shank or rod having a hook B at its upper end which is suspended from a support 'i, which may be in the F nature of a pipe, rod or the like, and at the lower end of the rod a ring 8 is formed as an extension of the rod, or it may be formed of a length of material and secured to the rod by welding or the like.

At a point near the junction of the rod and hook, a clip 9 is attached to the rod by autogenous welding or the like, and the said clip may include a pivotally mounted jaw H) which presses against the rod for holding one or more invoices H in place, each of which, of course, would bear the name of the patron whose clothes were collected on the assembly. The jaw of the clip may be forced into engagement with the rod by asuitable spring l2, and the jaw may terminate in a tail or thumb-piece 13 which is manipulatable for operating the jaw. The jaw furthermore may have ears such as M apertured to receive a pintle l5, and the rod may have flanges I6 apertured to receive the said pintle.

In view of the foregoing, it will be appreciated that I have provided a relatively simple associated device for receiving a plurality of garment hangers or the like, carrying clothes belonging to a particular customer. The unit comprises few, essential working parts and can be cheaply and easily manufactured. In addition, the location of the clip for retaining the ticket or invoice is such that the ticket will not cover or obstruct the ring-like element 8 for interfering with placing the hangers on the ring.

I claim:

1. In a device for receiving and supporting a plurality of garment hangers or the like, an elongated rod-like element, hook-like means carried by one end of said elongated rod-like element for securing said element to a supporting member, a ring-like member carried by the opposite end of said elongated rod-like element and disposed at right angles to the hook-like means, and clip means on the suspension element for holding identifying invoices, the said clip means being so located that the invoices will not cover the ringlike member. I

2. In a device for receiving and supporting a plurality of garment hangers or the like, an elongated rod-like element, a hook at one end of said elongated rod-like element for attaching said element to a supporting member, :a ring-like member at the opposite end of said elongated rod-like element and disposed at right angles to the hook, and clip means on said suspension element adjacent the hook for removably supporting identifying invoices so that said invoices will not cover the ring-like member.

3. In a device for receiving and supporting a plurality of garment hangers and the like, an elongated rod-like element, a hook integrally formed at the upper end of the rod-like element for attaching said element to a supporting mem- 5 her, a ring integrally formed at the lower end of said rod-like element at right angles to said hook for receiving the garment hangers, and clip means attached to said hook in parallel relation to said ring to removably support invoices so m that the invoices will not cover the ring.

FRANK R. SMITH.

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